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“If you’re under the age of 35, you’ve been screwed over in this budget - whether it’s the gouging of higher education, the lack of action on climate change or the refusal to tackle housing affordability,” Leader of the Australian Greens Dr Richard Di Natale said.

“It’s clear that the Government finally understands you can’t just keep cutting spending without raising revenue. But this is a budget with no vision or direction for the country. It isn’t a roadmap for the future, it’s a highway to nowhere,” Dr Di Natale said.

The Australian Greens said today that while the Government considers negotiations on family payment reforms, they are recklessly pursuing tough budget measures that target young jobseekers, despite the evidence of the harm they will cause and growing community opposition to the approach.

The Australian Greens will not be supporting the Government's move to significantly toughen penalties for jobseekers, which will lead to mandatory eight week suspensions in the event of compliance failures.

The report of the Senate Inquiry into the Social Security Legislation Amendment (Stronger Penalties for Serious Failures) Bill 2014 was tabled today, with the Greens tabling dissenting comments.

The Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee will today begin two days of public hearings into the legislation enacting the Government's budget cuts to our income support system and payments.

"The Committee is examining the two substantial Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment Bills, which deliver the Government's toughest and cruellest budget cuts, " Senator Rachel Siewert, Australian Greens spokesperson on family and community services said today.

The Australian Greens said today that Andrew Forrest's proposals for reforming the nation's income support system are punitive, will disempower people, entrench disadvantage and should be rejected immediately by Government.

"Ramping up income management and withholding all cash from 2.5 million people is a deeply alarming suggestion and the Government needs to reject it completely," Senator Rachel Siewert, Australian Greens spokesperson on family and community services said today.

The Australian Greens are calling for a rethink of the whole work for the dole program, as more details about the scheme emerge.

"Work for the dole punishes job seekers, will have perverse outcomes and put more pressure on not-for-profits," Senator Rachel Siewert, Australian Greens spokesperson on family and community services said today.

The Australian Greens said today a significant number of jobseekers will be punished and disadvantaged from any expansion of work for the dole.

"Work for the Dole is not an effective program for getting people into work and study, and is just another example of the Government's ideological war against income support and social security," Senator Rachel Siewert, Australian Greens spokesperson on family and community services said today.

The Australian Greens said today they would return to Canberra this week with the goal of busting the Federal Government's cruel budget, as rallies against harsh cuts to social security are held across the country.

"The new Senate sits for the first time tomorrow and the Greens are committed to block the Government's cruel budget cuts, which punish young people, single parents and families, older Australians and people with disability," Senator Rachel Siewert, Australian Greens spokesperson on family and community services said today.